First Contact by Evan Mandery

First Contact or, It's Later than You Think  Parrot Sketch Excluded by Evan Mandery is hilarious, thought provoking novel. I had a hard time putting it down. The author was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and Douglas Adams, but he has a voice of his own. An ambassador from the planet Rigel-Rigel visits the President of the U.S.A. and leaders of other world leaders. He urges humanity to change their ways in order to avoid the destruction of the planet. The President is a conservative Christian. He mistrusts the Ambassador and his assistant that he brought with him. One of the reasons for this mistrust is based on religion. The President makes a big mistake. The action takes place on Earth, Rigel-Rigel and other planets. The author interjects himself into the novel in places. In one place a mother reads the novel we are reading to her two-year-old son. The son is not impressed with the book. There are references to Woody Allen, Sting, the Police, Monty Python and other bits of pop culture. The book satirizes a certain recent President. It also deals with global warming. If you want to read something to make you laugh and inspire you to introspection and action concerning the globe's present climate crisis I would definitely recommend this one. Time reading it has been time well spent.